Process for printing periodicals and product produced thereby



United States Patent PROCESS FOR PRINTING PERIODICALS AND PRODUCT PRODUCED THEREBY Georges Brousse, 2 Blvd. Wilson, Perpignan, France No Drawing. Filed Mar. 2, 1965, Ser. No. 436,673 Claims priority, application France, Mar. 6, 1964,

966,356; Dec. 9, 1964, 997,936

5 Claims. (Cl. 156-277) The present invention relates to periodicals and particularly to periodicals into which is inserted at least one specially treated page. One object of this invention is the production of periodical magazines into which is inserted at least one sheet of offset-printed, process printed, or typographically printed paper presenting on at least one of the pages which it forms:

On the one hand, one or several metallized strips (of aluminum for example) preprinted in one or more colors and extending from one edge of the page to the other, the distribution of these strips, as well as their Widths, being established in any manner; and

On the other hand, strips spaced between the abovedescribed strips and printed in black and white by typography, process printing (photogravure), or offset.

These colored, metallized strips can each correspond to an advertisement and can represent advertising slogans which are repeated at regular intervals, while the strips printed in black and white can cooperate with the other pages to form the regular part of the magazine. It is of course evident that purely artistic special work can be executed for special issues such as those published for special occasions and celebrations.

Another object herein is a process for printing a magazine of the above-defined type, the purpose of which process is to permit the work to be prepared unhurriedly and carefully, to simplify this work by reducing the required numberof rewindings of the printing paper and to reduce losses by decreasing the risks of tearing the paper.

The process of the present invention consists of, in any order, printing the metallized strips in color and gluing the backs of these strips on the roll of paper to be offset, process printed or typographed, which paper is to be fed, along with the rolls of regular paper to be typographed, through the rotary printing press for the black and white printing.

According to a first embodiment of this process, during a first phase the metallized strips are pre-printed in color by the process of offset, process printing, or typography performed on a roll of very thin metallic ribbon. Of course, the portions of the ribbon which will eventually form the individual strips are disposed side-by-side along the entire length of the roll; during a second phase, the

ribbon is cut or formed according to the widths which the strips are to have; and during a third phase the strips thus formed have their backs glued, according to wellknown procedures, on the rolls of paper to be offset, process printed, or typographed.

The execution of the above-described operations in a successive manner yields rolls of paper supporting, on one or both of their sides, any number of metallized, colored strips having any desired widths and distribution, but in any event conforming to the arrangement originally chosen. It may be understood that between these metallized strips are disposed areas of blank paper.

In a fourth phase of operation the rolls of paper carry- 3,335,044 Patented Aug. 8, 1967 ing these strips are printed in black and white in said blank areas. This latter printing is carried out at the same time as the printing of the other, entirely blank, rolls of paper intended to constitute the other sheets of the magazine.

This first embodment of the process of the present invention is particularly economical and practical because it permits a reduction in cost by decreasing the required number of delicate manipulations of the paper rolls.

Moreover, it permits a large number of supplementary effects to be produced because the metallized strips can be subjected to any known cutting or forming operations (for example embossing and relief printing) prior to their attachment to the paper.

According to a second embodiment of the process of the invention: in a first phase of operation the metallic strips are cut to suitable widths; in a second phase they are glued to selected regions of the paper to be printed; in a third phase the paper is fed through a printing press to print the strips in color; and in a fourth phase the areas of paper between the strips are printed in black and white by feeding the roll of paper back through a press at the same time as the printing of the rolls of entirely blank paper.

Regardless of the procedure folowed, after the final black and white printing and the succeeding insetting, the resulting magazine contains pages carrying metallized strips printed in colors and having black print in the regions between the strips.

While several ways of carrying out the process of the present invention have been described in detail herein, it should be appreciated that many variations can be accomplished without departing from the spirit thereof and that the scope of this invention should be limited only by the scope of the appended claims.

What I claim is:

1. A process for preparing a periodical having an applied metallized strip printed in color on at least one page thereof, comprising the steps of: printing at least one metallized strip in at least one color; gluing the unprinted side of said strip onto a roll ofprinting paper so that it extends continuously for the entire length of said paper parallel to the unrolled length of said paper, and feeding said paper and applied strip through a rotary printing press so as to print, in black and white, the portions of said paper not covered by said at least one strip.

2. A process as recited in claim 1 wherein the step of printing at least one metallized strip is performed by: printing a roll of metallic ribbon in color so that the printing intended to cover one strip lies adjacent that intended to cover other strips; and cutting the printed ribbon in the direction of its unrolled length to form said strips.

3. A process as recited in claim 2 wherein said step of printing said strip comprises the operation of embossing at least a portion thereof.

4. A process as recited in claim 1 wherein the step of printing said strip comprises printing at least a portion thereof in relief.

5. A process for preparing a periodical having an applied metallized strip printed in color on at least one page thereof, comprising, in the order recited, the steps of: cutting a plurality of metallized strips to desired widths; gluing said strips to selected regions of a roll of printing paper so as to extend continuously for the entire length of said paper parallel to the unrolled length of said paper; feeding said paper and applied strips through a rotary printing press to print said strips in color; and feeding said paper and applied strips printed in color back through another rotary press to print the regions of paper not covered by said strips.

References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS 644,241 2/1900 Caps 101181 1,096,822 5/1914 Brandt 156233 1,850,334 3/1932 Rado 156--277 4 6/ 1952 Tranter 27052 11/1957 Koenig 27052 X 1/1958 Huber 156277 X 7/1962 Staufier 156-233 X FOREIGN PATENTS 1/ 1955 Great Britain.

ROBERT E. PULFREY, Primary Examiner. 10 DAVID KLEIN, Examiner.

WILLIAM F. MCCARTHY, Assistant Examiner. 

1. A PROCESS FOR PREPARING A PERIODICAL HAVING AN APPLIED METALLIZED STRIP PRINTED IN COLOR ON AT LEAST ONE PAGE THEREOF, COMPRISING THE STEPS OF: PRINTING AT LEAST ONE METALLIZED STRIP IN AT LEAST ONE COLOR; GLUING THE UNPRINTED SIDE OF SAID STRIP ONTO A ROLL OF PRINTING PAPER SO THAT IS EXTENDS CONTINUOUSLY FOR THE ENTIRE LENGTH OF SAID PAPER PARALLEL TO THE UNROLLED LENGTH OF SAID PAPER, AND FEEDING SAID PAPER AND APPLIED STRIP THROUGH A ROTARY PRINTING PRESS SO AS TO PRINT, IN BLACK AND WHITE, THE PORTIONS OF SAID PAPER NOT COVERED BY SAID AT LEAST ONE STRIP. 